Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-27
NEVADA COUNTY.
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quartz mines of Nevada county are valua-
bic beyond conjecture, and upon them q
large part OF the population of the noun
tains depend for support, and this industry
in Nevada county alone effects the interests
of the State. In Grass Valley, Nevada,
Columbia Hill and Washington districts
quartz miners are very active. and much is
being done, with the best of oil results-a
good yield of the precious metal.
THE PRINCIPAL QUARTZ MINES
OF Nevada district are The Providence,
Nevada County, Merrifield, North Merri-
field, Spanish, Nevada City, Champion,
Wyoming, Mt. Auburn, Peck & Hath
away, Stiles, Mountaineer, Chapman, Orc
Fine, Banner, North Banner, South Ban
ner, Charronat. Other mines are: Rails
ton, Double Eagles, New England, Nevins
d Burlington Raglan, Gold Tunnel &
California, Reward. JULIA. Foot, Union,
Wide West, Pay Day, Glencoe Gracia,
Chicago, Gold Park, Gold Flat, Eureka,
Smith & Clay, Michigan. School-B
Fortuna, Orleans, East Orleans, Washing
ton, West Gold Park, Potosi, Little Turk,
Pittsburg produced over s., 600 000), Wheat
Jane, Green Mountain. Aurorai, Merrimac,
Hodges, Buckeye, Shenandoah, Noun
taineer Extension, Little Dublin, Talbot,
Franklin, Old Blackhawk, Home Stake,
Martin & Mitchell and the Gold Bank
Group. Besides there are countless unde-
veloped mines.
THE LARGEST QUARTZ MINE.
And the one most fully developed, in this
district, is the Providence, owned and
operated since 1870 by R. c. Walrath, A.
Wair A
Barry. This mine is $50 feet in depth,
and arrangements are being made for sink
ing to depth of $3.50. Over $4,000 900
have been expended in Nevada City alone
by the owners Of this mine, and the out
put is roughly estimated at $1,000 000 The
improvements upon the surface consisting
OF buildings, etc, would to-day cost $751;
600 to construct, while the underground
workings, by actual measurements and
surveys is equal to distance of six miles.
The mill OF forty stamps and chlorina-
ton works are equal to any in the county.
At present only a small force of men are
employed in the mine, it having been Shut
down for some reason which the owners
will not divulge Work will be resumed
at no very distant day. At present 80 men
are employed in the mine. This force will
soon be increased to 40.
THE DRIFT MINES.
Dr;ft-mining as an industry has increased
since the cessation of hydraulic mining.
At Derbec, one mile above North Bloom
field, is the celebrated Derbec mine, which
has yielded many huge fortunes and is
still as rich as ever. AT Nevada City tun-
mel is being driven under the bank of the
old Manzanita mine for the purpose of
opening a drift mine. This will, when
started, give an impetus to all industries
in the region roundabout and be the
means of sustaining many families.
CHANCE FOR CAPITALISTS.
The greatest drawback which the miner
meets with in this region is lack of CAPT
tai. Those who have had capital and de-
veloped their mines have, in nearly all
cases, reaped a large profit on the money
invested, and still there are hundreds of
claims lying idle and not developed or
only partially developed, which if the
owners possessed the means would be
made to yield as largely as the Providence,
the Idaho, and other famous mines in this
county. Here is the
CHANCE FOR THE MAN OF CAPITAL.
There are many good mines to be had at
reasonable figure, but the investor who
expects to put in a few thousand one day
and receive profit of million or two in
few weeks or months, will find himself
mistaken. 1t requires time and patience,
capital and good management to develop
quartz mine, but once developed it is a
property which cannot be blown away by
the hardest storms, wilted by cold snaps,
dried up by heat or affected BY the wars OF
Europe. HE who obtaineth a quartz
mine getteth good thing and leceiveth
favor wherever he goeth." With the i'm
proved machinery of the present day quartz
mining and milling is rendered one of the
most profitable of all industries.
NEVADA CITY.
The first white man ever known to have
set foot upon the ground now occupied by
Nevada City was James W. Marshall the
discoverer of gold at Coloma, who con-
Quoted party of immigrants across the
mountains in the summer of 1S4S. The
party camped on Deer creek, and, accord
ing to custom, Marshall PANIED out little
dirt and found gold, but not enough to
expose the marvellous richness Of the place,
and he journeyed on. The early history
of Nevada City is of thrilling interest. In
the stirring days of 1850 12-3 it was rat
ting camp. Deer creek and every gulch,
raVine, fiat and canyon was alive with busy
men, digging and washing the rich gravel
and receiving large reward for their labor
peaceful beauty was the stage wherein was
enacted drama of the early days, drama
wherein the knife and pistol of the desper-
ado and the gambler, the bravery of the
law-abider and the quaint, dry humor of
the character played a conspicuous and
important part. And around and over all
was the romance of nature; the wild,
rugged land, the tall pines, whispering the
legends of past ages, the wild, free, careless
life, with its fiery passions, tender memo
ries and pathetic incidents.
THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN
Was rapid. and when the county was or
ganized in 1851 it became the seat of JUS
tice, and the commercial center of the re-
gion, distinction which it retains to this
day. 1t is about 2 500 feet above the level
of the sea. has a population of between
5000 and 5000, is the terminus of the Ne
vada County Narrow Gauge Railroad,
which connects with the Central Pacific at
Colfox;
HAS THE BEST WATER SYSTEM
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